brake's broke.... bleeding problem

[gothguydante]

Okay I don't really know whats going on... I tried to bleed my brakes and my front right and back left won't bleed.. well really my pedal won't build up any pressure at all but the front right and back left just 1 drop comes out when I try to bleed them the front right and back left break fluid shoots out like there is no problem... so is it my break booster or some simple problem that I just seem to be overlooking..

[elcamino1]

Bleeder's maybe stopped up,pull them all the way out,then see if fluid flows out?

[Mike McKown]

If you have rubber flex hoses going to the wheels that don't bleed, they could be deteriorated internally and block fluid flow. I haven't looked so I don't know how they're set up with the hoses.

Possibility also of the brake distribution block is the cause, depending how it routes fluid. I don't know how it's plumbed either but it's something to think about. You can crack llines coming off the block to check for flow there.

[WmWatt]

Your braking system is divided in two at the combo valve on the fire wall (the octopus-looking thing) so if one of a pair leaks the other pair will still work. Sounds like one of your pairs is out of order. Hope that info helps diagnose the problem.

[V8Festiva]

You need to pump that pedal fast and a little hard.

Pumping the brake pedal to soft or slow most times will not work.



For some reason these Festiva bleed jobs don't work like most old school brake bleed jobs.


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Dean
Raleigh, NC

[Mike McKown]

Your braking system is divided in two at the combo valve on the fire wall (the octopus-looking thing) so if one of a pair leaks the other pair will still work. Sounds like one of your pairs is out of order. Hope that info helps diagnose the problem.

Some of those valves are pumbed front/rear only. Some are plumbed cross corner front/rear. Do you know which way a Festiva is set up?

If it's cross corner, it sounds like the piston in the valve is stuck and not letting fluid get to those wheels. As noted, sometime stomping or pumping hard on the brake pedal will center the valve piston. If the valve isn't centered though, he should have the brake warning light on.

[gothguydante]

I have the break warning light every once in a wile but they still don't bleed when i don't have it on..